California: Los Angeles Template‑class | ||||||||||
|
CDP is an unfamiliar abbreviation and should be spelled out. I didn't know what it was when I read it, and I have a master's degree. It is can also mean many things to many people. See CDP for a list of them. Sincerely, GeorgeLouis ( talk) 05:48, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
We have to remember that WP is used by everybody from students to savants, and most people are unfamiliar with technical abbreviations. I can't put my finger on a WP policy regarding abbreviations right now, but most stylebooks warn against using odd abbreviations, and this is certainly one of them. If you can find a policy either allowing or (preferably) favoring the use of CDP, kindly let everybody know. Also, it does readers no favor to make them click on a link to find out what any given word or abbreviation actually means when it can be simply presented to them in the first place. VSY (very sincerely yours), GeorgeLouis ( talk) 17:10, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
P.S. WP stands for Wikipedia. (Smile.)
18:20, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
I believe we should add the above link to the template because it gives more information about the cities in LA County and it's more specific than the List of cities in California. This page may be the first list of cities in a county, that's why there are no links in any of the county templates. Los Angeles County can be the first one and the rest of the counties may follow.-- Crzy cheetah 19:24, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
Regarding this revert, first of all I don't see how Category:Los Angeles navigational boxes is that that relevant, having infoboxes for parts of LA city does not prevent this infobox from listing LA city's unincorporated communities, and I'm not advocating that the LA infoboxes be deleted.
Secondly, they are unincorporated communities, see Unincorporated communities (United States). Unincorporated communities can exist entirely within a municipality; what matters is not whether the community is within an incorporated or unincorporated area, but whether the community itself is incorporated. My understanding is that normally, county navboxes list even unincorporated communities that are completely within a municipality.
Lastly, what's the problem with large size? Large size might make it worth having infoboxes for parts of the parts of LA city for organizational reasons, but again that doesn't prevent this infobox from listing LA city's unincorporated communities. I can see how it might be a problem to list the simply LA city unincorporated communities normally, there are so many of them that they would overwhelm the non-LA city ones, but that's not a plobleam here. I gave them thiar own subsection within "Unincorporated communities" Emmette Hernandez Coleman ( talk) 08:03, 11 July 2013 (UTC)
Hello all, I just noticed that the bottom of this template includes places categorized as "ghost towns," but includes Tongva villages that were abandoned or depopulated by Spanish colonialism without leaving much in the way of ruins or structures. I appreciate the need for a category for known settlements that are no longer inhabited, but I don't think "Ghost town" is the proper designation for a category--am I totally off-base on this?-- Rockero ( talk) 23:15, 29 November 2013 (UTC)
I don’t know that anyone is in charge of this template but I think the whole Ghost Towns/former Settlements should probably be spun off into its own thing anyway. jengod ( talk) 00:26, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
California: Los Angeles Template‑class | ||||||||||
|
CDP is an unfamiliar abbreviation and should be spelled out. I didn't know what it was when I read it, and I have a master's degree. It is can also mean many things to many people. See CDP for a list of them. Sincerely, GeorgeLouis ( talk) 05:48, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
We have to remember that WP is used by everybody from students to savants, and most people are unfamiliar with technical abbreviations. I can't put my finger on a WP policy regarding abbreviations right now, but most stylebooks warn against using odd abbreviations, and this is certainly one of them. If you can find a policy either allowing or (preferably) favoring the use of CDP, kindly let everybody know. Also, it does readers no favor to make them click on a link to find out what any given word or abbreviation actually means when it can be simply presented to them in the first place. VSY (very sincerely yours), GeorgeLouis ( talk) 17:10, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
P.S. WP stands for Wikipedia. (Smile.)
18:20, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
I believe we should add the above link to the template because it gives more information about the cities in LA County and it's more specific than the List of cities in California. This page may be the first list of cities in a county, that's why there are no links in any of the county templates. Los Angeles County can be the first one and the rest of the counties may follow.-- Crzy cheetah 19:24, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
Regarding this revert, first of all I don't see how Category:Los Angeles navigational boxes is that that relevant, having infoboxes for parts of LA city does not prevent this infobox from listing LA city's unincorporated communities, and I'm not advocating that the LA infoboxes be deleted.
Secondly, they are unincorporated communities, see Unincorporated communities (United States). Unincorporated communities can exist entirely within a municipality; what matters is not whether the community is within an incorporated or unincorporated area, but whether the community itself is incorporated. My understanding is that normally, county navboxes list even unincorporated communities that are completely within a municipality.
Lastly, what's the problem with large size? Large size might make it worth having infoboxes for parts of the parts of LA city for organizational reasons, but again that doesn't prevent this infobox from listing LA city's unincorporated communities. I can see how it might be a problem to list the simply LA city unincorporated communities normally, there are so many of them that they would overwhelm the non-LA city ones, but that's not a plobleam here. I gave them thiar own subsection within "Unincorporated communities" Emmette Hernandez Coleman ( talk) 08:03, 11 July 2013 (UTC)
Hello all, I just noticed that the bottom of this template includes places categorized as "ghost towns," but includes Tongva villages that were abandoned or depopulated by Spanish colonialism without leaving much in the way of ruins or structures. I appreciate the need for a category for known settlements that are no longer inhabited, but I don't think "Ghost town" is the proper designation for a category--am I totally off-base on this?-- Rockero ( talk) 23:15, 29 November 2013 (UTC)
I don’t know that anyone is in charge of this template but I think the whole Ghost Towns/former Settlements should probably be spun off into its own thing anyway. jengod ( talk) 00:26, 24 October 2022 (UTC)